BAWAC (Can you say "bay-wack"?)
BAWAC is a private, non-profit, 501(c)(3) corporation whose policies and goals are determined by a volunteer Board of Directors. This volunteer board is an active cross section of the community.
BAWAC Community Rehabilitation Center began in March 1973 as a unit of the Northern Kentucky Mental Health-Mental Retardation Regional Board with support and assistance from the Boone County Association for Retarded Citizens. The legal name of the company is BAWAC, Inc.
A volunteer Board of Directors assumed responsibility for the program from the regional Board in 1975. At the same time the facility moved to its present location in the Northern Kentucky Industrial Park.
In response to client need, BAWAC expanded the facility in 1985 with funding provided by the Northern Kentucky Association for the Retarded. Facility expansion again occurred in 1989 by a grant from the Kentucky Department of Vocational Rehabilitation.
Throughout the years BAWAC has expanded and developed new programs to meet the needs of people with disabilities and/or barriers to employment in our community.
